While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

My habit of seeking out new music began with a few strokes of good luck. I grew up in a college town in the early to mid-nineties, during one of the golden eras of college radio. I spent a significant ...

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...

The new Instagram feature reveals what the algorithm thinks you like and lets you adjust it, reshaping how content gets recommended on Reels. Instagram launched Your Algorithm in the U.S. today, a ...

You chose selected. Each dot here represents a single video about selected. While you’re on the app, TikTok tracks how you interact with videos. It monitors your watch time, the videos you like, the ...

You may not be asking for more credit—but your bank’s systems could be giving it to you anyway. New research from King’s Business School and the Federal Reserve Board suggests that a largely unseen ...

People who played the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Last week, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi’s remarkably swift media rehabilitation, and the response surprised me. That column argued that modern media rewards spectacle over substance, but it also hinted ...

Mr. Conte is the co-founder and chief executive of Patreon. The World Wide Web was introduced some three decades ago. Describing in 2019 the hopes that had been projected onto the internet at its ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. TikTok’s algorithm, which shapes what more than a billion users see, has developed an almost mystical reputation for ...

As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...